Throwing cold water on one of the hottest areas of litigation in the past few years, a federal judge in Philadelphia has struck down as unconstitutional the qui tam provision of the Patent Act’s false marking statute, saying it improperly gives law enforcement authority to private individuals.
Under the law, citizens have the right to sue whenever a product is marketed as "patented" when, in fact, the patent has expired or never existed.
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